Followed By Hummingbird

Baby Hummingbird on its Nest

I have never seen a hummingbird on its nest, until today! First, we saw this hummingbird kissing the blossom of a naked coral tree. 

Hummingbird Kissing the Naked Coral Tree Blossom

It is not a surprise for me to see hummingbirds kissing red flowers. First, I have seen it and captured in picture many times. Second, it is not a myth that hummingbirds love red flowers.Third, the hummingbirds are really known to be flower kissers. Like the butterflies, they are responsible for pollinating the flowers around. However, unlike fellow bloggers Diane of Desert Colors and Karen of Avcr8teur's Photoblog, we have not been lucky enough to have guest hummingbirds nest in our backyard despite I see a lot of them fluttering their mighty little wings in the air as they move from flower to flower. But today is one of those days with pleasant surprises, we saw a baby hummingbird who kept flying back and forth to its nest. 

The mom hummingbird was not around, maybe she already decided her baby is strong enough to be on its own. The baby hummingbird would fly away from its nest, maybe to look for food or maybe to test the strength of its wings, but after a while, it would go back and sit on its nest to rest. It was a joy! Notice that all the pictures above were not taken by me, because I was not carrying a zoom lens but a macro lens. I cannot shoot close to the bird or else the bird will fly away. So, I was simply a happy spectator watching my husband happily shoot away with his zoom lens. When I finally walked away from both to do some macro flowers photography, suddenly, another hummingbird appeared right in front of me showing me how it can flap its wings up to 90 times in one second producing a humming sound.

Hummingbird Appeared So Close To Me 

What a joy it was! All the while I thought I will not be able to shoot a hummingbird yesterday because I only had macro lens and I cannot come close enough to the birds without scaring them away. But what a very pleasant surprise, one humingbird followed me ( let me dream away) and came so close to me, and for a long while, our stares locked as he kept dancing in front of me. I say "he" since from what I learned, female hummingbirds don't have blue or red colors on their neck.

Truly, a day spent out of the doors, without cell phone and without internet connections are some of life's most pleasant moments.

Have a happy weekend everyone.

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